Jankoji Rao Shinde was the third Maharaja of

Gwalior State Gwalior state was a semi-autonomous Maratha state. It was centred in modern-day Madhya Pradesh, arising due to the rise of the Maratha Empire and fragmentation of the Mughal Empire. It was ruled by the House of Scindia (anglicized from Shinde) ...

. He became Maharaja of Gwalior after death of his father,

Jayappaji Rao Scindia Jayappaji Rao Shinde (Sindhia, Shinde) (c. 1720 - 25 July 1755) also known as Jayappa Dadasahib, was a Maratha general. He ruled Gwalior State in northern India from 1745 to 1755, succeeding his father Ranoji Rao Scindia who had founded it. He ...

Biography

He was younger son of Sardar Jayappaji Rao Shinde, and acceded to the position on the death of his father on 25 July 1755. As he was only 10 years of age at that time, a regency was established, led by his uncle Dattaji Rao Shinde, Jayappa Rao's brother, until 10 January 1760.

Third Battle of Panipat

He fought against the

Afghans Afghans ( ps, افغانان, translit=afghanan; Persian/ prs, افغان ها, translit=afghānhā; Persian: افغانستانی, romanized: ''Afghanistani'') or Afghan people are nationals or citizens of Afghanistan, or people with ancestry f ...

at the Third battle of Panipat on 14 January 1761. Jankoji with around 7,000 troops was positioned to the right of

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and was opposed to Najib Khan Rohilla. When the news spread around that Vishwas Rao has been shot dead, Jankoji and his uncle Tukoji on seeing the thinning crowd at the Maratha centre rushed to help Sadashiv Rao Bhau. Jankoji fought the Afghans who had penetrated into Maratha centre but was taken prisoner by Barkhurdar Khan secretly. Kashiraj met Jankoji secretly in a tent of Barkhurdar Khan, he was wounded with a ball and with a spear in the arm. Kashiraj was told by Moti Lal, the Diwan of Barkhurdar Khan that Jankoji would be released if a ransom of seven lakhs would be paid. Unfortunately these dealings became known to Najib Khan who instigated Wazir Shah Wali to take this matter up to

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. Abdali then ordered his nasaqchis to search for Jankoji, Barkhurdar fearing harmful consequences ordered his men to murder Jankoji and bury him privately. Later on few imposters of Jankoji claimed themselves as the Shinde chief but their all claims were proven wrong by the Scindia survivors.Abhas Verma, "Third Battle of Panipat" , Bharatiya Kala Prakashan,

Succession

After the death of Jankoji, the

Scindia The Scindia dynasty (anglicized from Shinde) is a Hindu Maratha dynasty of maratha origin that ruled the erstwhile State of Gwalior. It had the Patil-ship of Kumberkerrab in Wai. It was founded by Ranoji Scindia, who started as a personal servan ...

clan remained without any leader for two years. Finally in 1763

Kadarji Rao Scindia Kadarji Rao Scindia was the fourth Maharaja of Gwalior State for a brief period. He became Maharaja of Gwalior after two years of death of Jankoji Rao Scindia in Third battle of Panipat in 1761. He was the son of Tukoji Rao Scindia, however ...

was appointed as new leader of clan.

In popular culture

* In the 1994

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TV series ''

The Great Maratha ''The Great Maratha'' is an Indian historical drama television series directed by Sanjay Khan and produced by Numero Uno International Limited. The drama aired on DD National. The series is based on the life of Mahadaji Shinde. The show compris ...

'', Jankoji's character was portrayed by

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. * In the 2019

film ''

Panipat Panipat () is a historic city in Haryana, India. It is 95 km north of Delhi and 169 km south of Chandigarh on List of National Highways in India, NH-1. The three major battles fought in First Battle of Panipat, 1526, Second Battle of ...

'', Jankoji's Character was played by

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